Young British motocross prospect Jack Waters will head into this weekend’s EMX65 European Championship Final as one of the riders to beat after securing an impressive overall victory at the second and final EMX Semi-Final in Pärnu, Estonia.

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The JL Cox Motorsport KTM rider put together a near-perfect weekend, taking victory in the opening moto before following it up with second in Race Two to claim the overall win on 47 points and arrive in Loket full of confidence.

Waters was untouchable in the opening race, leading from the front to take the chequered flag ahead of Dutch rider Bas Verspaandonk and Latvia’s Bruno Geitus. He then backed that performance up with another measured ride in Race Two, finishing second behind Sweden’s Elis Isidorsson to comfortably secure the overall honours.

The result makes Waters one of the leading contenders going into this weekend’s EMX65 European Championship Final, which takes place alongside the MXGP of Czech Republic at Loket.

Fellow Brit Tommy Wood also enjoyed an impressive weekend, finishing ninth overall to comfortably qualify for the European Championship Final, as did Madden Visser in 14th.

Dale Podiums in EMX85

There was more British success in the EMX85 category as Harry Dale claimed an excellent third overall.

After finishing fifth in the opening moto, Dale stepped things up in Race Two with an impressive runner-up finish to earn his place on the overall podium behind Latvian twins Martins and Patriks Cirulis, with Martins completing a perfect weekend by winning both races.

Britain will also be well represented in the EMX85 Final after Nixon Coppins secured ninth overall, while Arthur King (13th), Jett Gardiner (17th), Cohen Jagielski (18th) and Casey Lister (19th) all qualified for Loket.

With Waters arriving as the winner of the final EMX65 Semi-Final and a strong British contingent qualifying across both classes, there will be plenty of interest in how the young British riders fare against Europe’s best this weekend in the Czech Republic.

Semi-Final Results
EMX65 – Overall

Pos
No
Competitor
Nationality
Total
R1
R2

1
455
Jack WATERS
GBR
47
25
22

2
684
Filip JUSZCZYK
POL
38
18
20

3
754
Bruno GEITUS
LAT
38
20
18

4
517
Demy HERMES
GBR
31
15
16

5
428
Bruno LENARZ
GER
28
14
14

6
545
Milan RUBES
CZE
26
11
15

7
666
Elis ISIDORSSON
SWE
25
0
25

8
510
Oscar GOBLET
BEL
23
12
11

9
412
Tommy WOOD
GBR
22
10
12

10
594
Bas VERSPAANDONK
NED
22
22
0

11
712
Tymon ANDRZEJEWSKI
POL
19
9
10

12
661
Martin-Markus ANSI
EST
19
13
6

13
723
Hayden TUOVINEN
SWE
16
16
0

14
525
Madden VISSER
GBR
15
7
8

15
555
Matteo BAUTEN
GER
13
0
13

16
773
Valters JURCENKO
LAT
13
4
9

17
729
Daniils HOHLOVS
LAT
13
6
7

18
400
Vitus HORSEBOG
DEN
8
8
0

19
709
Jaan Aron VAHTER
EST
5
0
5

20
640
Mattias ASI
EST
5
3
2

21
601
Oliver HÄRKÖNEN
FIN
5
5
0

22
528
Jay GROENEVELD
NED
4
0
4

23
606
Felix LIND
FIN
3
0
3

24
715
Roberts VANAGS
LAT
2
2
0

25
610
Aleksi VÄLIAHO
FIN
1
0
1

26
499
Joschua RATH
GER
1
1
0

27
641
Simon ASI
EST
0
0
0

28
407
Luca KARSTEN
NED
0
0
0

29
445
Alexander BIHLMANN
GER
0
0
0

30
541
Roan CALADO-REYES
BEL
0
0
0

31
705
Ąžuolas SUNGAILA
LTU
0
0
0

32
710
Olaf KRYSIAK
POL
0
0
0

33
635
Martti KAURINKOSKI
FIN
0
0
0

34
442
Louis VILAIN
BEL
0
0
0

35
722
Juss Joosep ABRAM
EST
0
0
0

36
409
Kalle KAPPEL
DEN
0
0
0

37
417
Ferre VREVEN
BEL
0
0
0

38
795
Domantas MISEVIČIUS
LTU
0
0
0

39
463
Cas KLEIN KROMHOF
NED
0
0
0

40
584
Tao CORRETEL
BEL
0
0
0

EMX85 – Overall

Pos
No
Competitor
Nationality
Total
R1
R2

1
751
Martins CIRULIS
LAT
50
25
25

2
771
Patriks CIRULIS
LAT
42
22
20

3
598
Harry DALE
GBR
38
16
22

4
683
Robin Robert MOOSES
EST
36
18
18

5
709
Gregor LOOTUS
EST
36
20
16

6
543
Jaggar TOWNLEY
NZL
30
15
15

7
400
Kenzo JASPERS
NED
28
14
14

8
700
Theo KOLTS
EST
26
13
13

9
426
Nixon COPPINS
GBR
20
8
12

10
736
Elliot LORD
SWE
18
10
8

11
693
Wilmer LOWÉN
SWE
17
12
5

12
728
Iver EMILSEN
NOR
14
3
11

13
424
Arthur KING
GBR
14
4
10

14
405
Mike PIJNEN
NED
14
7
7

15
760
Charlie SCHUMAN
SWE
11
5
6

16
499
Timeo MOHRING
BEL
11
9
2

17
420
Jett GARDINER
GBR
11
11
0

18
475
Cohen JAGIELSKI
GBR
10
6
4

19
525
Casey LISTER
GBR
9
0
9

20
757
Eivydas BARTUSEVICUS
LTU
5
2
3

21
613
London LINNER
SWE
1
0
1

22
474
Willads GORDON
DEN
1
1
0

23
789
Rudolfs SPILA
LAT
0
0
0

24
514
Nick DE JONG
GER
0
0
0

25
411
Felix SIEGL
GER
0
0
0

26
632
Kristofer VALK
EST
0
0
0

27
797
Johann HANSMAN
EST
0
0
0

28
769
Kevin-Marcus KRUUSANDI
EST
0
0
0

29
732
Ricards JURCENKO
LAT
0
0
0

30
748
Sami OINONEN
FIN
0
0
0

31
432
Matto VERTONGEN
BEL
0
0
0

32
600
Robin ARUKASE
EST
0
0
0

33
659
Laur KALLIKORM
EST
0
0
0

34
537
Matej MASÁR
SVK
0
0
0

35
599
Scott VAN DEN BOOMEN
NED
0
0
0

36
626
Aston KÕIV
EST
0
0
0

37
465
Lucas TAYLOR
DEN
0
0
0

38
561
Haakon RONNING
NOR
0
0
0

39
620
Emilio LAESTANDER
SWE
0

0

40
660
Jan SMOLKA
POL
0
0
0

41
721
Magnuss MISINS
LAT
0
0